"Okay, who is making a lot of broken bills, Grayson, you come and tell me how much Runwanjia has lost in total!"

Clairinda threw a large pile of bills in front of him to the ground, and asked the general manager of the Runwanjia Spirit Weapon Factory who had just arrived with a gloomy face.

Grayson had a pair of dark circles under his eyes, and the whole person seemed to have not slept for three days, and replied in a trance: "My lord, after the factories around the country cancelled the lamp assembly line, in this light war, we Runwanjia lost a total of about 820,000 gold dragons. ”

Swallowing and foaming, Grayson cautiously continued to answer: "In addition, if you breach the agreement with a partner in another city, you also need to pay about 280,000 gold dragon in liquidated damages. In addition, in addition...... In addition, there is a total of about 120,000 gold dragons for the infringement fees paid to Lord Duke. ”

Clelinda was furious when she heard the report.

A fist hammered on the table, and the precious desk made of Lingzhi wood was directly smashed open by his punch containing arcane art.

Standing on top of the crumbs of her desk, Clelinda asked gloomily, "How much does it add up?" ”

"It's a total loss of 1.22 million gold dragons."

"What do the shareholders say?"

"They ......," Grayson did not dare to answer.

Clelinda jerked the mage's hand and grabbed Grayson, for the 3-ring Arcanist and the Mage's Hand Arcane Wonder, the Mage's Hand was almost indistinguishable from the third.

Caught Grayson.

After landing on the ground, Grayson bared his teeth in pain, but fortunately, his skin was blue and purple, and he did not suffer internal injuries.

Holding back tears, he replied, "My lord, the shareholders of the company...... Shareholders unanimously agreed...... No, no, no, Lord Azgul objected...... They believe that you should be 80 percent responsible...... Lord Azgul is willing to share a part of the ...... for you."

Clelinda's face turned blue and dark, and after a while, she said, "Good! I got their wish! ”

Then he said to Grayson: "I will pay 80% of the money, and I don't need Azgul to bear it for me, calculate how much I have to pay." ”

"976,000 Golden Dragons."

"Looks like it's been settled for a long time." Clairinda said coldly.

Grayson was silent, bruised and purple, each of which made him feel so painful that he didn't want to answer Klelinda's question.

After a long time, Clelinda waved her hand: "Get out." ”

"Yes, sir!" Grayson quickly bowed and retired.

Klelinda quickly called her butler over again, "Cross, how much money is left in the Tarry Vault?" ”

"Master, there are still 150,000 golden dragons." Butler Cross replied.

"So little?"

"Master, you forgot, this year's dividends from the Runwanjia Spirit Artifact Factory have not been allocated, and we have also lent a loan of 100,000 gold dragons to Runwanjia."

"When will the next money reach the tower?"

"This ......" Cross hesitated for a moment before replying, "Master, the funds of our tower mainly rely on the dividends of Runwanjia, and the situation of Runwanjia has not been good in the past two years, so it is difficult for the income in the tower to maintain normal expenses." ”

"How so?" Clairenda was incredulous, "Is the income from the property in my hand so small?" ”

Cross thought about the wording for a moment and replied, "The main thing is that we have fewer research projects in our tower, and we can't break even. ”

With that, Clelinda's already dark face darkened a little more.

He is an arcane master who changed careers, and after the spirit core was broken, it was difficult to participate in the pioneering war as before, and he wanted to transform into a researcher, but he was never able to get any scholar titles, and he had no clue about the research topic, so the mage tower could only rely on outside input funds to maintain.

Originally, with the support of Runwanjia, the small life is still moist and moist, so I never thought about this.

Only now do I understand the importance of the matter, once there is a problem with the Runwanjia, even the operation of the Mage Tower will have problems.

However, Clelinda was not without hole cards, and said with a dark face: "In other words, in a short period of time, the Mage Tower has no entry?" ”

"I'm afraid so, sir."

"Whew, make an announcement for me." Clelinda struggled for a while and made a final decision, "Inform the Spir Mining Company that I am about to sell 1% of the shares I hold in the Spir Mining Company. ”

"Sir!" Cross exclaimed.

Xibi Diling Mining Company, a well-deserved money printing company in Shenjiao City, even if it is only 1% of the shares, it is also an heirloom.

Enough to support the family for several generations.

Now that Clelinda has decided, it is to think clearly about all the consequences: "Go ahead, just a little share, if the juniors have a profit, why do you need this share, if the juniors have no interest, this share is just a scarf." ”

Cross's eyes moistened and he said, "Master, you have to think twice, this may affect the family for generations!" ”

"I've thought about it very clearly, the shares of the Spiral Mining Company were obtained because I was promoted to the 3rd Ring Arcanist, not because of the family inheritance in my hands. It can be seen that the so-called heirlooms are all empty talk, and the younger generations are incompetent and can't protect them at all, so it is better to use them to solve my current dilemma. ”

The Kross butler had no choice but to follow Klelinda's instructions to draw up an announcement for the sale of shares.

Any change in the shares of Xibidiling Mining Company requires a vote of all shareholders, especially the admission of new shareholders.

Actually, it's more of a coterie at the top.

The arcane mages with 3 rings and above are all major shareholders of Xibidi, and the 2 rings of the arcane mages can basically only drink some soup with them.

Even so, the arcane mages who were staring at the shares of the Xibi Diling Mining Company were still lined up.

Therefore, when the announcement of the sale of Clelinda's shares was sent to the Spirdiling Mining Company, the management sent an invitation to all shareholders to vote on the resolution in accordance with the established process.

It will be up to the board of directors of the company to decide what to do with the 1% shares.

Whether it's an internal buyback, or a search for new shareholders.

……

Keystone Mage Tower, with white clouds swirling halfway up the waist.

In a small villa in Genting Gardens, Keystone Futao, with a golden lion-king hairstyle, is playing a game of black and white chess similar to Go with his great-granddaughter Kiria Futao.

"Little Kiria, your classmate is really good, the title of Polymath, hehe, when Grandpa won the title of Elemental Scholar, he was already 70 years old, and this kid has just turned eighteen years old, tsk, how long is his head."

Keystone muttered as he played chess.

Kiriya smiled sweetly: "Grandpa, you are good at accumulating thick hair, as for Duke, he is indeed talented, this has to be admitted." ”

"Ouch, even my little dragon admits that this Duke is excellent?"

"Grandpa, you're laughing again, my talent is much worse than Duke's, Duke should be the kind of real genius arcane mage." "When we first met, I thought he was taciturn, with the same temperament as Leadman's. ”

"And then?"

"Later, I found out that although he loves research and is obsessed with research, he is not rigid in life, on the contrary, he is very funny and has an active personality."

"Well, he was very engaged in his research and achieved very good results, which means that his IQ is top-notch; Life is interesting and active, and he can win the appreciation of my little Kiria, which means that his emotional intelligence is also top-notch. ”

Keystone stopped playing chess anymore, and said with great interest: "Both merchants are top-notch, what an excellent young man this is!" ”

Kiriya nodded: "Very good indeed." ”

She thought back to her classmates in Penrose's Mage Tower, Bronck's somewhat cynical alienation, and the two of Orianna and Bazar were too much at odds.

Duke was the only one who gave her a different feeling.

Neither deliberately pretending to be high to alienate himself, nor trying to tie up his own flattery, every time he gets along, he is an equal gesture, and the feeling of not being far away is just right.

But occasionally when the two of them laughed together, she could feel that Duke would inadvertently exude a strong confidence, as if he was the biggest in heaven and earth.

This kind of self-confidence, she has only felt in her own grandfather.

But Grandpa Keystone is a well-deserved leader in the Black Jiaohe Land, the only 5-ring ocean arcane mage, and it is true that he should have this confidence.

Duke has such self-confidence, in her opinion, it is only when she has a clear understanding of her own future.

In other words, this is the style that belongs to the true pride of the sky.

"Little Kiria?" Keystone stuck his head out and shouted.

Kiria, who was thinking about getting along with Duke, came back to her senses: "Huh? ”

"Ouch, my little dragon!" As if he had discovered a new world, Keystone cried out happily, "Tell Grandpa, little Kiria, are you attracted to this Duke?" ”

"Why!"

"Grandpa lived for almost two hundred years, how many people's lives are fleeting in the eyes of grandpa, I can't guess that little bit of care?"

Seeing this, Kiria simply opened up and said, "It's a little bit, Duke, neither as proud as a child of a noble family, nor as humble as a commoner, so how to say, it's really relaxing when chatting with him." ”

"That's why Grandpa Grandpa said, this Duke Shuangshang is the top, such a talent, tsk, Grandpa Grandpa really looked away before, thinking that he was a young man with good luck, and classified him as a mediocre arcane mage."

"Grandpa, what kind of arcane mage do you think he is now?" Kiria asked with a smile.

Keystone Fury touched the snow-white beard on his chin, only his hair was always blonde, perhaps related to the blood of the Fury Tao.

"What kind of arcane mage ......?"

He pondered for a while, then suddenly stared at Kiriya and said with a meaningful smile: "Little Kiria, what do you want Grandpa to say about him?" ”

"It's Grandpa you're commenting, Kiriya didn't think about anything." Kiria covered her mouth and laughed.

"Cunning, you, have inherited your grandfather's arcane mage talent, and also inherited your grandmother's cunning character." Keystone thought of his wife, who had been dead for almost a hundred years, and although he had many stepfamilies later, he left no heirs.

It's not that I can't, but I don't want to.

Therefore, the lineage of the family is basically born from him and his original partner.

Of course.

Bastard children are counted separately.

"Grandpa didn't fall for you, I lied to me that Duke was dull and stereotyped, so I classified him as a mediocre arcane mage, and now I have given grandpa eye medicine, and Kwaduk has praised a flower." Keystone leaned back in his chair, "I'll see him in person another day and make a comment." ”

Kiria was about to make fun of her grandfather.

Outside, Gina housekeeper knocked on the door and came in: "Master, Miss Kiriya, excuse me, there is the general manager of the Xibi Diling Mining Company, who has come to see the master." ”

"Who's the general manager?" Keystone asked.

"Your Excellency Philip White Rabbit."

"Oh, it's the kid from the White Rabbit family." Keystone finally remembered who the general manager was, "Since there is something to do, let him come over." ”

"Okay sir, I'll bring him here."

Steward Gina went for a while, and then led a middle-aged man in his forties, dressed in a modest arcane robe, with meticulously combed hair, and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses.

"Greetings to Lord Keystone, junior Philip White Rabbit."

"You're welcome, sit down."

"Thank you, sir." Philip White Rabbit turned around and smiled at Kiria again, "Miss Kiria, you are truly the flower of Shenjiao City. ”

"You've been so rewarded, Lord Philip."

After the politeness, Keystone asked directly, "Little Philip, is there anything in the land that I need you to come and visit me?" ”

"That's right, one of the shareholders of Cybdi, His Excellency Clelinda, has decided to sell 1% of his shares, so I came to ask for your opinion."

"Hey, why did he sell his stake in Xibidi?"

"It is said that Runwanjia has suffered heavy losses and needs to pay a large amount of gold dragons, so it will sell Xibidi shares as a last resort."

Keystone pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, I already know, you immediately convene a voting meeting of the shareholders of Xibidi in three days, and contact the directors to hold a board meeting tomorrow." ”

"Okay."

Philip White Rabbit stood up and took his leave.

Keystone sighed: "Little Kiria, Duke, this kid has made Clelinda miserable this time, by the way, I remember you also invested in the Giant of Light, right?" ”

"Yes, I own 7% of the Giant of Light."

"You're making a lot of money." Keystone smiled, "The Erudite Tower of the Orfa Holy City is already promoting the technology of strong light, and although the Giant of Light may not be able to share the market in other fields, it can make a lot of money just by relying on royalties. ”

Kiriya blinked: "However, the patents are in Duke's hands, and he uses the patents as shares, and his rights and interests are limited to the market in the field of wind breath." In other words, the patent fees in the other 11 areas are Duke's private gains. ”

"What?" Keystone was stunned, "This kid still has a hand?" According to this momentum, wouldn't he want to become the richest man in Shenjiao City? ”

"Grandpa, you are exaggerating, no matter how much the patent fee of the strong light technology is, Duke will not be able to catch up with the wealth of the old nobles in a short period of time."

"Eleven fields are promoted together, a lot, and the patent fee is a lot!" Keystone sighed in amazement.

Then he shook his head again: "Klelinda lost unjustly, she is usually used to eating others by relying on the ability of the head snake, but this time she was punched hard by the young man with a patented invention...... In any case, he was also wounded in the opening up of the war, so we will have a meeting to discuss it carefully. ”

"Grandpa, I heard that Your Excellency Clelinda was a deserter on the battlefield in the past?" Kiria asked curiously.

"In the face of the invasion of the wurm, it is understandable to be a deserter, and even the spirit core is broken, who is embarrassed to blame him for escaping."

Reluctant to say more, Keystone quickly found an excuse to send Kiria away.

Then a person came to the edge of the garden wall, admiring the white clouds outside, and the great rivers and mountains below the white clouds.

……

Burst!

A gunshot that was so subtle that it was almost inaudible rang out, and five hundred meters in front of it, a three-ringed spirit beast that was drinking water, the Flying Flying Monkey, burst out with a blood flower on its head.

"That's it, let's go collect the corpse." Duke leapt from a branch.

With a slight shake of the Sand Eagle pistol in his hand, it had already dispersed into countless fluorescent lights and disappeared, returning to the ring orbit of the Spirit Sea.

The mercenaries of the Broken Sword Mercenary Group were already familiar with the powerful strength of their big benefactor, and sent a team of mercenaries to quickly run to collect the corpses, and then easily picked up the flying monkeys with headshots, and patted Duke's ass with joy.

"The strength of the adults is stronger than that of the 2nd Ring Arcane Mage!"

"It's amazing, five hundred meters away, one hit will kill, it's terrifying!"

"The flying flying monkey can fly and run, and the solidified arcane is also powerful, but it's a pity that even when we see our faces, they are killed by adults!"

The mercenaries were in awe of Duke's methods.

Duke's expression was indifferent, but in fact, he was very proud in his heart, this soul-penetrating attack was not available to other arcane mages.

"Sand Eagle in hand, I have it in the world!"

The power of the sand eagle is indeed strong, but it is limited, and the bullet may not be able to break through the 2-ring level arcane defense.

However, the sudden bullet made it impossible to guard against it.

Unless the spirit beast can also instantaneously perform arcane arts, it can't be blocked at all, especially the armor-piercing bullet in the special effect bullet-physical version, no matter how thick the armor is, it is difficult to parry.

When the Special Effect Bullet-Elemental Edition is developed, the power of the Sand Eagle Bullet will be even more unpredictable.

"Let's go, keep going." Duke rolled over and mounted his horse, directing the team to continue into the forest.

Xiaohong has not returned from the wedding flight, and he has camped in the forest for the past two days, hunting as a pastime.

1-ring, 2-ring, and 3-ring spirit beasts, basically none of them can escape his bullets, even if it is 4 rings, there are no fewer attempts.

There are hunting failures, and there are hunting successes.

This mainly depends on whether the bullets of the sand eagle can penetrate the defense of the spirit beast, and if the defense is penetrated, it will be chased after it, and the bullets will be poured out like money.

If you can't penetrate the defense, you immediately turn around and run.

In just two or three days, the spirit beasts that Duke hunted alone knocked down the price of the spirit beast market in Snake Head Town by nearly half of it.

Of course.

He now can't look down on the little income from hunting spirit beasts, and all the prey is handed over to the broken sword to be used to develop and strengthen the broken sword, providing him with the resources in the forest anytime and anywhere.

He is still mainly studying.

When he reaches the period of research, the demand for resources in the forest will be greatly increased, and mercenary groups will have to travel around to collect the resources he needs.

Evening of the third day.

Little Red has not flown back yet, and Duke naturally will not leave, and continues to choose to camp in the forest. Lying on the roof of a black beetle car in the light of a campfire, gazing at the starry sky overhead.

"Where's home?"

"Is the Earth, or the Milky Way, in this starry sky above me?"

Duke asked questions like this, even though he felt that life in the Seven Towers Federation was far more exciting than his life on Earth.

"Hometown is always hometown......"

"However, if I really have the opportunity to choose, I will definitely stay in the Seven Towers Federation without hesitation. Not to mention the luxurious life of the Arcane Master, just my current body, this feeling of health and strength, is by no means comparable to me who has been delayed by wine on earth. ”

He didn't want to go back to Earth at all, but that didn't stop him from missing Earth.

"Among the seven towers of the Seven Towers Federation, there is a star tower, whose main job is astrology, responsible for predicting the future, enlightening the future, and leading the future.

"Well, it's best if the Star Tower can draw an image of this galaxy so that I can compare the image of the galaxy in my memory."

"If I'm not mistaken, Earth is on the third spiral arm of the Milky Way, at the inner edge of the Orion Arm......"

Looking at the starry sky and thinking about the earth.

Before he knew it, Duke felt his eyelids feel a little heavy, as if he had fallen asleep, and his breathing became longer.

And yet in the next moment.

Duke opened his eyes like lightning, grabbed his hands upward, and quickly grabbed a small thing the size of a bird, but his whole body seemed to be transparent.

The little thing then covered the night, and its body was almost invisible.

If it weren't for the faint glow of the campfire not far away, shining on it with a little red reflective color, Duke really didn't know what he was grabbing.

"Squeak!"

The little thing in his hand struggled desperately, but Duke's hands were attached to the Douqi armor, firmly locked, and he couldn't move.

In the surrounding tents, the mercenaries snorted one after another.

In the black beetle car, Vivien, who was already lying down, turned over, and she would not fall asleep until Duke returned to the car.

No one noticed, what Duke caught.

After all, even Duke himself didn't know what he had caught, so he sat up from the roof of the car, grabbed the small object with one hand, and materialized the Sand Eagle pistol with the other.

Turn on the tactical lamp, the light shines in your hand, and the little thing completely illuminates the prototype.

"It's ......"

The body of the little thing is transparent, and the rough outline is like a flat bug, Xiaoyi's database is running wildly, and the results are quickly compared.

"Master, there is an 86% chance that this is a trilobite in the phantom of ancient times."

"Ancient phantoms? Trilobite? ”

Duke was surprised: "You mean, this is the Ancient Age Illusory that erupted from the Spirit Spring, and here, at this moment, the Ancient Age Illusory has erupted?" ”

He suddenly stood up and looked around, and it was quiet all around, only a few mercenaries with strong portable lamps, shining back and forth.

There was not the slightest hint of an ancient phantom erupting.

But the transparent trilobite in his hand really doesn't look like an ordinary spirit animal, it feels weightless to the touch, it really looks like a transparent phantom.

Suddenly.

The trilobite in his hand seemed to have reached its limit, and it shattered like foam when it clicked.

Duke grabbed an empty one.

But he could feel that a change was erupting in the spiritual sea, and it was the vine of the guardian mystery that existed in the spiritual sea like a vision, swaying wildly, as if facing a great enemy.

It was the reaction of the Guardian Mystery Vine just now that woke him up from his slumber and caught the trilobite.

"Xiaoyi, this sign is wrong, it seems that the phantom of the ancient era has really exploded!"

"Master, please be careful, according to the trilobite you just caught, you can judge that this ancient era phantom outbreak should be the ocean of insects. The Ocean of Insects is the most ancient phantom of the ancient era, and it is not very dangerous, but if you indulge in it, it is still easy to lose your vitality. ”

"I'll be careful, and that's when the Guardian Mystic Vine comes in handy, but what about the others?"

Xiao Yi judged: "Those who have the Spirit Sea will be impacted by the Worm Ocean, but the Spiritual Apprentice's Spiritual Sea is weakly connected with the outside world, and the impact of the Worm Ocean will not be very strong, at most there will be a certain amount of vitality damage, and it can be recovered after resting for a while." ”

Communication is only in a split second.

At this time, there was finally a new change in the night sky outside, it was a burst of transparent sea water composed of spirits, spreading from a distance, until Duke was also submerged in it.

Unseen.

But I can really feel the sea water composed of this spirit.

Xiao Yi has stopped hanging up the exclusive meditation method, and is fully protective of Duke's spiritual sea from the impact of this sudden outbreak of the sea of insects.

The same is true of the Guardian Mystery, which pervades every corner of the Spirit Sea.

Duke didn't look at the spiritual sea anymore, but felt the unique experience that the sea of insects brought to him with all his might.

At this moment, he felt as if he had become a wisp of creature in the sea of insects.

Surrounded by the warmth of the sea of insects, it moisturized and washed his body little by little, giving him an unprecedented experience.

Suddenly.

A few meters in front of him, a trilobite with a snow-white transparent light, about the size of a palm, swam in his direction, two long tentacles that rippled up and down with the current.

A sea lily grew out of his side again, swaying its wrists and feet, exuding the same transparent luster.

Then, in the distance, a nautilus with a long, pointed shell swam around in the sky, at least ten meters long.

An unknown sea worm that was as soft as a leech, but fatter, swam to his side from another direction.

In Duke's field of vision, more and more luminous phantoms began to increase and converge.

On this quiet night, an illusory image of how all kinds of creatures in the ocean survived in ancient times.

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In the new January, Lao Bai is cheeky and asks for a guaranteed monthly pass~

Ask for tickets~

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